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Corticosterone

Known as: (11beta)-11,21-Dihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 11,21-dihydroxy-, (11beta)-, Corticosterone [Chemical/Ingredient] 
An adrenocortical steroid that has modest but significant activities as a mineralocorticoid and a glucocorticoid. (From Goodman and Gilman's The… 
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11-dehydrocorticosterone18-vinyldeoxycorticosterone19-norcorticosterone20-dihydrocorticosterone
Adrenal CortexCorticosterone AssayCorticosterone:MCnc:24H:Urine:QnCorticosterone:MCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:Qn

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Adrenal Cortex HormonesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsGlucocorticoids

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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Permissive effect of dexamethasone on the increase of proenkephalin mRNA induced by depolarization of chromaffin cells.
In cultured bovine chromaffin cells, changes in the dynamic state of enkephalin stores elicited experimentally were studied by… 
1986
1986
Enhancement of plasma levels of biologically active leukotriene B compounds during anaphylaxis in guinea pigs pretreated by indomethacin or by a fish oil-enriched diet.
The changes in arterial plasma concentrations of immunoreactive leukotriene B (LTB) were compared after antigen challenge of two… 
1982
1982
Relative importance of corticosterone and thyroxine in the postnatal development of sucrase and maltase in rat small intestine.
Both corticosterone and T4 have been previously implicated as causal factors in the ontogenic increases in jejunal sucrase and… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The effect of pregnenolone, progesterone, deoxycorticosterone or corticosterone on the time of ovulation and oviposition in the hen.
Pregnenolone, progesterone, deoxycorticosterone and corticosterone were injected into hens between 16.30 and 17.00 h on the day… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Estimation of aldosterone, 11-deoxycorticosterone, 18-hydroxy-11-deoxy-corticosterone, corticosterone, cortisol and 11-deoxycortisol in human plasma by gas-liquid chromatography with electron capture…
A method for determining the plasma concentrations of six major corticosteroids, aldosterone, 18-hydroxy-11-deoxycorticosterone… 
1975
1975
Effect of ACTH and histamine stress on serum corticosterone and adrenal cyclic AMP levels in immature rats.
Adrenal cAMP and plasma corticosterone levels were determined in pre-weanling rats subjected to treatment with either ACTH (50 mU… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Effects of methylxanthines on adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate and corticosterone in the rat adrenal.
The possibility that phosphodiesterase inhibitors might potentiate the adrenal stimulating action of ACTH was investigated using… 
1973
1973
Improved measurement of corticosteroids in plasma and urine by competitive protein-binding radioassay.
In the assay of corticosteroids in plasma and urine by competitive protein binding, the use of horse serum or plasma as a source… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Relation of the ovary to adrenal corticosterone production and adrenal enzyme activity in the rat.
Corticosterone production in vitro by adrenal homogenates from oophorectomized rats is decreased compared to homogenates from… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
PLASMA AND ADRENAL GLAND CORTICOSTERONE LEVELS AFTER X-RAY EXPOSURE IN RATS.
It has been demonstrated that total-body X-irradiation activates the pituitaryadrenal axis as evidenced by the changes in the…